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prior of Durham

{{Short description|Head of Durham cathedral}}

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The Prior of Durham was the head of the Roman Catholic Durham Cathedral Priory, founded c. 1083 with the move of a previous house from Jarrow. The succession continued until dissolution of the monastery in 1540, when the priory was replaced with a Church of England deanery church.{{cite web |url=http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=1441 |title=Durham Cathedral - North Bailey, Durham, UK |date=11 July 2018 |publisher=Engineering Timelines |access-date=4 November 2019 |quote=}}

After the Benedictine monastery was dissolved, the last Prior of Durham, Hugh Whitehead, became the first Dean of Durham, heading the cathedral's secular chapter.{{cite book|date=1827 |title=Directory, and Gazetteer, of the Counties of Durham |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uqM3AAAAYAAJ&q=durham+dissolved+Hugh+Whitehead&pg=PA160 |location=Sheffield |publisher=W. White & Co. |page=160}}

List

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! colspan="5"|Priors of St Cuthbert's Cathedral Priory, Durham

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! From

! Until

! Incumbent

! Citation(s)

! Notes

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|align=center|1083

|align=center|died 1087

|Aldwin

|Knowles, Brooke, and London, (1972), Heads of Religious Houses , i, p. 43

|Prior of Jarrow from 1073x4 before the priory's move to Durham

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|align=center|1087

|align=center|resigned 1109

|Turgot

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|Became Bishop of St Andrews

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|align=center|1109

|align=center|died 1137 x 1138

|Algar

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|align=center|?1138

|align=center|died 1149

|Roger

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|align=center|1149

|align=center|died 1154

|Lawrence

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|align=center|1154

|align=center|died 1158

|Absalom

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|align=center|1161 x 1162

|align=center|resigned 1162 or 1163

|Thomas

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|Died 1173

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|align=center|1163

|align=center|died 1189

|Germanus

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|align=center|1189

|align=center|died 1212 x 1213

|Bertram

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|align=center|1212 x 1213

|align=center|died 1218

|William

|Smith & London (eds.), Heads of Religions Houses, ii, pp. 37—8

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|align=center|1218

|align=center|died 1234

|Ranulf Kerneth

|Smith & London (eds.), Heads of Religions Houses, ii, p. 38

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|align=center|1234

|align=center|died 1244

|Thomas de Melsonby

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|align=center|1244

|align=center|resigned 1258

|Bertram de Middleton

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|Still alive in 1266

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|align=center|1258

|align=center|resigned 1273

|Hugh de Darlington

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|align=center|1273

|align=center|resigned 1285

|Richard de Claxton

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|align=center|1286

|align=center|resigned 1290

|Hugh de Darlington (again)

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|colspan=2 align=center|elected 1290

|Richard de Hoton

|Smith & London (eds.), Heads of Religions Houses, ii, pp. 38—9

|Deprived of office 1300, replaced with Henry de Lusby; restored 1302; suspended and replaced by Lusby again 1306; restored 1307; died 1308.Fraser, C. M. (2004), "Hoton, Richard (d. 1308), prior of Durham", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13858, retrieved on 2009-01-28

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|colspan=2 align=center|appointed 1300

|Henry de Lusby

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|Prior of Lindisfarne, appointed to Durham 1300-1302 and briefly in 1306. Died 1306.

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|align=center|1308

|align=center|resigned 1313

|William de Tanfield

|Smith & London (eds.), Heads of Religions Houses, ii, p. 39

|Died 7 February 1314

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|align=center|1313

|align=center|resigned 1321

|Geoffrey de Burdon

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|Still alive in 1333; previously prior of Finchale and prior of Lyytham

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|colspan=2 align=center|elected 1321

|William de Guisborough

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|Elected 6 February, renounced election 8 February 1321

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|align=center|1321

|align=center|died 1341

|William de Cowton

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|align=center|1341

|align=center|died 1374

|John Fossor

|Smith & London (eds.), Heads of Religions Houses, ii, pp. 39—40

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|align=center|1374

|align=center|died 1391

|Robert Berrington of Walworth

|Smith & London (eds.), Heads of Religions Houses, ii, p. 40

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|align=center|1391

|align=center|died 1416

|John de Hemingbrough

|Page, "Priory of St Cuthbert, Durham".

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|align=center|1416

|align=center|died 1446

|John de Washington

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|align=center|1446

|align=center|resigned 1456

|William Ebchester

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|align=center|1456

|align=center|died 1464

|John Burnby

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|align=center|1464

|align=center|resigned 1479

|Richard Bell

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|align=center|1479

|align=center|died 1484

|Robert Ebchester

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|align=center|1484

|align=center|died 1494

|John Auckland

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|align=center|1494

|align=center|1519

|Thomas Castell

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|align=center|1520

|align=center|office abolished 1540

|Hugh Whitehead

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|Surrendered the monastery to the king in 1540, and reappointed as first Dean of Durham with a chapter of twelve canons. Died 1551.Knighton, "Whitehead, Hugh"

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References

  • {{citation |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13858 |last=Fraser |first=C. M. |contribution=Hoton, Richard (d. 1308), prior of Durham |year=2004 |title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |accessdate=2009-01-28 }}
  • {{citation |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29288 |last=Knighton |first=C. S. |contribution=Whitehead, Hugh (d. 1551), prior then dean of Durham |year=2004 |title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |accessdate=2009-01-28 }}
  • {{Citation| editor-last = Knowles | editor-first = David | editor2-last = Brooke| editor2-first = C. N. L. | editor3-last = London | editor3-first = C. M | title = The Heads of Religious Houses : England and Wales. 1, 940—1216 | place = Cambridge | publisher = Cambridge University Press | year = 1972 | isbn = 0-521-08367-2 }}
  • {{Citation| editor-last = Page | editor-first = William | contribution = Priory of St Cuthbert, Durham (later Durham cathedral) | title= A History of the County of Durham: Volume 2 (1907) | pages = 86–103 | publisher = British History Online | year = 1907 | url= http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=39878 |accessdate= 2009-01-10 }}
  • {{Citation| editor-last = Smith | editor-first = David M. | editor2-last = London | editor2-first = C. M | title = The Heads of Religious Houses : England and Wales. 2, 1216—1377 | place = Cambridge | publisher = Cambridge University Press | year = 2001 | isbn = 0-521-80271-7 }}

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